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TO ALL WHOM` I'l MAY CONCERN:

Bo it known that I, BQ ARMSTRONG, of Huntsburg, in the county of Geauga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Making Cheese and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full'andcompletedescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specication, in which- Figure I is a side view of the machine.

Figure 2 is a vertical section.

Figure Slis a top'view. Y

Figure-1 is a View of the bottom'.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts'in the views.

A, g. 1, is a platformen which is raiseda frame, consisting of thcposts B and cross-beam C. Between these posts is arranged a. cnseor shell, D, which is' constructed in two sections, Tor theconvenience of taking it down, away from the frame, fora purpose hereafter shown. E, fig. 2, is a cylinder or shaft, the upper end of which is journalled andsupported by the beam C, the lowerA end being retained in place by radial arms, F, iig. 4, fixed to and proceeding fromA the shaft to a ring, G'r, to which the extreme ends are attached. .This ring is fitted in a eireularvrabbet, at the lower end of the case. By this means thc lower` end of the cylinder is kept in position, so that it will revolve truly within the shell. The lower half of the cylinder or shaft is armed with a series of studs, H, which project out near yto the sides of the case, as shownin fig. 4, whereas the upper end of the shaft is armed with a `series of knives or cutters, I, iig. '3, and bent, as shown in fig. 2. The lower end of thecase is'also armed with a series of blade, H', so arranged that as the cylinder revolves, they will pass between the studs projectingfrom the cylinder. 4

It will be observed that the upper end of the case is made much larger on the inside than at the bottom, thereby giving a larger space between the shell and cylinder, excepting at the projection X, fig. 3, where it approaches the blades as closely as does the lower part. This difference in the size is shown in iig. 2, in which J is the space between the upper part of the sha-ft, and J the lower.

'Ihe` practical -operation of this'machine is as follows: The cylinder on being made .to revolve by a belt passing around the pulley K, from anyi appropriate power, the curd is then thrown into the mouth K', iig. 3, which, as it falls down against the knives I, is'cut up into core-lumps by the blades, and at thelsame time much of it is carried around tothe point X, when it lodges and accumulates against the shoulder, until the space isiilled, when theA accumulated curd is further sliced or cut up, and passes to the lowex` part of the machine, whereit is reduced to the proper degree of neness for the press, bypassing between the cutter H and studs H. The curd thus reduced, falls through the bottom of the `machine into a vat, over which the appa.

ratus is placed. 4 p By this machine, a large quantity of curd can be-reduced to the proper condition for pressing in a very short time, with a uniformity of ineness'unattainablc by the old process of chopping by hand, the result of which is to produce a. cheese .of a uniform texture, and free of lumps. It also saves largely iu the expenditure of manual labor. Byconstructing the shell' in two vertical sections, as above said, it can be easily taken apart-for the purpose ofcleaning, and give free access to the cylinder.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The cylinder E, provided with cutters I, in combination with the mouth K' and case D, as Oand for the purpose substantially as set forth. 2.-'The shell or case D and projection X, constructed and arranged, in relation to the cylinder E and cutters, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The ring G, in combination withthe cylinder E and case D, as and for the purpose set forth.

B. ARMSTRONG.

Witnesses:

W. H. BUumDGi-z, J. HOLMES. 

